I learned web development the good old-fashioned way: through peering at the source code of others. But that isn’t to say I haven’t ever picked up a book on web design in my decade-plus of web work. In fact, I’ve read quite a few web-related books in my time, and many of them have inspired me to look at my job in entirely new ways. And in spirit of sharing, here are five of the books that have most inspired me. […]
Most calendars on the web these days are built using large, complex tables, but it seems to me that in most cases a calendar is really just a list of events happening on specific dates. And that makes a table overkill for most situations in my book. So I wanted to create a list-based calendar that used CSS for its layout. […]
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I apologize for the lack of new articles so far this week. It seems I have what doctors are calling “Strep Throat,” and that’s taking a lot out of me physically and, due to the fever I’m guessing, […]
Dave Woods – HTML, CSS, Web Design » Get Ready For IE8
Is your website ready for Internet Explorer 8? The new version of IE8 will, theoretically, render things quite differently –more accurately, one would hope — than its predecessors. […]
Most modern websites don’t look all that attractive when printed using the site’s default CSS: overly-large widths, screen-friendly fonts, and creative color choices all work together to make most sites less than useful on the printed page. However, this tutorial and accompanying downloadable template should help you on your way to building your own personally customized print CSS. […]
The double-margin float bug has been a source of irritation for CSS-loving web designers for years. The bug first became a major problem in IE5, when CSS started to become increasingly popular, and persisted through IE6. Happily, the fix is extremely simple. […]
4 Uber Cool Css Techniques For Links | Css Globe
CSS Globe has a tutorial roundup of four fairly cool things you can do with anchor tags. Each of them has been posted on their site before (and there’s a […]
I’d really like to think that every developer out there that this site helps will turn around and produce clean, semantic XHTML to which to apply their lovely, efficient CSS. But that isn’t always the case. So once again, CSS comes to the rescue! […]
50+ Designers to Follow on Twitter | Vandelay Website Design
Twitter has grown on me as a method of communication in the last few months — I like the insight it gives me into the lives and minds of the […]
Have you tried out Firebug yet? If not, you might want to consider giving it a go. It’s one of a few Firefox extensions that I use almost daily in my web development work, and I can guarantee that it’s made my life at least a little bit easier. […]
